Chambers of the Soul
Summary: Bella lives with her abusive father; Charlie, her older brother; Maxi and her younger sister; Harmony. She almost thinks there's no hope but what happens when the new family comes to town? Will she ever be happy? What if Bella and her siblings became happy and then someone came back to haunt them…
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. All characters and other twilight-related things belong to SM. I only own the storyline.
Edward Cullen POV.
My Name is Edward Cullen. I am 18 years old. I have an older brother; Emmett whose 19 and an older sister; Rosalie whose 19. I have a younger brother; Jasper whose 17 and an younger sister; Alice whose 17.
My mother, Esme is a stay-at-home mom whilst my dad, Carlisle works as a doctor.
That's why we moved to Forks; the hospital here didn't have much staff and they needed a new chief of medicine. That's where Carlisle comes in.
We are all adopted.
Emmett came into the family first. He was adopted after both his parents died in a car crash at the age of 5. Esme had worked at the adoption and just had to have him.
Then came Rosalie. Her mother had passed away from her birth and her father constantly beat her. She was taken to the adoption center where Esme adopted her.
Jasper was next in line. His father had died at war and his mother couldn't cope with the death and so she took Jasper to the adoption. Esme took him in.
Then the little pixie came along aka Alice. Her parents were friends with Esme and Carlisle and when they struggled to bring her up they turned to Esme and Carlisle. Obviously they took her in.
Finally there was me. I arrived at the adoption just before Esme quit her job. My mother had been fighting a terrible case of flu in the hospital. Dad couldn't cope seeing her like it when she was barely hanging on. He committed suicide; obviously not worried about me. I was left alone. Esme was aloud to take me in but I was the last one.
Your probably thinking Esme and Carlisle are crazy taking in so many teenagers but it's a simple reason really; Esme can't have children. It's not because she has some disease or something. She's a vampire.
Carlisle too.
We all begged for months to become one too but Carlisle didn't want to damn us to a life that we had no purpose being there.
After weeks of discussion in the front room we finally won the argument.
We became vampires.
I helped Emmett carry the last remaining removal boxes into the front room before I sunk up to my new bedroom. All of my things were boxed up and packed on the floor. I grabbed my book and cd from one of the boxes and started to listen to Yiruma whilst I read.
I stayed there all night; sometimes watching the world outside. Our house was plonked right in the middle of a dull, green forest.
I didn't want to look at that all the time.
Morning came and I got dressed for the new school. That was the worst thing about being a vampire; going to school over and over again. Oh, and the burning sensation for blood.
"Eddie! Time for school!" Emmett boomed up the stairs.
I groaned. "Do. Not. Call. Me. Eddie!" I roared.
"Edward." Esme's calm voice came from the kitchen. "There's no need to shout."
I grumbled something irresponsible and made my way down stairs.
Alice was waiting at the bottom. She eyed my outfit up and down and then a small smile appeared on her lips. She seemed satisfied with my choice of clothes. Thankfully.
I didn't feel like changing over and over again this morning.
We got into our cars and made our way to the school. It looked okay, I mean it wasn't the best but it wasn't a tip either.
We grabbed our schedules and I made my way to homeroom.
The rest of the day went really fast and I found myself at lunch.
Bella, the girl I had met in homeroom, was walking to a table where a curly brown haired boy sat. When she was inches away from the table she began to fall but the boy pulled her up and sat her on a chair.
"I did warn you this morning." Bella whispered, resting her head against the table.
"You didn't exactly word that you weren't feeling well. You just whined about going to school." The boy whispered, brushing a strand of brown curls from Bella's face.
"I'm just exhausted." She reassured him.
"Of course you are." He muttered as he pushed a bag of sliced apples towards her. "Eat." He demanded.
Bella sighed and stuck her hand in the bag, pulling a slice out. She gently chewed it but each chew she did she looked like she was in pain.
"Oh look the anorexic is eating!" a voice yelled.
Bella groaned and faced away from everyone.
"What a freak." Someone else muttered.
The boy next to Bella looked really angry. He jumped up, knocking the chair to the floor as he went and slammed his fists hard down on the table where the people were sitting who shouted at Bella. "Don't you dare speak to my sister like that. None of you understand what she goes through everyday of her life. You all have it easy, so carefree. If you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all! Most things are best to be kept to yourself!" he spat, his teeth gritted.
He stormed away leaving the whole cafeteria silent. He went back to Bella and saw her tear-stained face. He pulled her into a hug and murmured things to her.
He then half-carried her out of the cafeteria and out into the fresh air. We all looked at her as they passed. Bella looked so weak and fragile and she hadn't smiled once all day. Her chocolate brown eyes held sadness. The boy's eyes looked sad too. Even though he was weak he was stronger than Bella. I just wanted to carry her and tell her everything was alright.
When I'd sat down next to her in class she kept wincing in pain from something and she leaned against her face and a bit of foundation came off. The skin under it was black and blue.
Something wasn't right and I was going to find out what.
Bella came back into the cafeteria with the boy. They talked for a bit until he announced he had to go. I found out his name was Maxi.
"We should go over there!" Alice grinned. "I mean I need to find things out about her and her brother; I can't see either of their futures!" she looked frustrated.
"And I can't read their minds." I frowned, trying to focus on Bella's mind. There was just darkness and silence.
"Nor can I feel their emotions…" Jasper bit his lip.
Everyone else on the table; Emmett and Rosalie, looked a little confused too.
So we did what Alice suggested; we went to sit down by Bella.
As she gently shaded lips on her sketchbook Alice nudged her arm. She looked like she was in pain and looked up.
"Can I help you?" she asked, quietly. I could tell people didn't talk to her much.
"We saw you alone so we came to keep you company!" Alice squealed, clapping her hands.
"Um…thanks?" Bella bit her lip. It sounded more of a question.
We all just smiled. She glanced at us again before she carried on with her picture.
"Whose that?" Rosalie asked; peering around Emmett to stare at Bella's drawing.
"My sister." She shrugged, staring at the pencil drawing of the girl. She looked so sad, both Bella and the girl.
"Why does she look so…sad?" Emmett asked, staring curiously at Bella.
Bella squirmed, uncomfortable. "She always…um…looks like that."
Nobody said anything.
A boy appeared behind Bella. She stiffened and turned to look straight into the boy's evil eyes. She jumped slightly.
"Belsie-boo." He breathed; a grin on his face. His mind was hard to read, images of blurs and flashes of things that I didn't want to see came to me and so I blocked him out.
"What?" Bella snapped and then covered her mouth like she wasn't aloud to talk.
He chuckled. "Your daddy will find out about that. Come over my place tonight, baby." He was so close to her now that I wanted to push him away. I was slightly jealous but didn't know why.
Bella quickly grabbed a little slip from her sketch book and handed it to him.
He smiled, bent around her to grab her pencil and signed something. He then passed it to her and was off again.
Bella closed her eyes for a second before turning back around.
I stared at the slip. The boy's signature was scrawled on a box labelled 8pm-10pm.
We all looked at Bella. Something was definitely not right.
She frowned at the pencil he had touched and left it on the table, digging in her bag for something. Another pencil. She sighed and sat back.
"That was weird." Jasper said to no one in particular.
"Bella!" a voice yelled. Her brother was there.
He came rushing towards us and quickly sat down in his seat. "Every time I leave you that happens." He rubbed his forehead.
Bella just stared at him. "s'okay."
He took the slip off her and swallowed. "No it's not. Charlie planned this didn't he?"
Bella nodded, sadly "You know it's not the first time, Maxi."
He shook his head. "You'll have to go otherwise…" he gave her a look which she seemed to understand.
She nodded. "Just keep Harmony upstairs with you."
He nodded. "I will. I saw Tyler, just now. Pretty drunk isn't he." He muttered.
Bella looked away.
We were all extremely quiet through their little conversation. I wondered what they were saying, it was all too confusing.
"Well I came to tell you that I'm heading home early." Maxi announced.
Bella looked at him, curiously.
"Harmony." He stated.
"It's not her fault she cries for us. She's not used to it." She muttered. "Want me to get her?" she asked, her eyes suddenly hopeful.
He shook his head, got up and ruffled her hair. A grin appeared on his face. "No chance!" he chuckled before heading off.
She glared at him and started sketching again.
Bella dropped the pencil and pulled her hand under the table. She seemed to flex her wrist because I heard a bone crick. She clutched at it and just sat there for a while staring at us.
The bell then rang loudly.
Bella looked relieved and nearly shot out of the cafeteria. Emmett followed; he had next class with her.
The rest of the day went so slow.
I stood in the parking lot, leaning against my car and waited for everyone else. I saw Bella slowly make her way down the steps and over to where her brother stood. He held a little girl around the age of 4-6 to his side. She looked petrified and she pushed herself against Maxi. She looked exactly like the little girl Bella had drawn. This was Bella's sister. She looked like both Maxi and Bella. Bella was a fabulous drawer! She gently took the girl into her arms and held her to her side, wincing as the girl's tiny bare foot slapped against her hip. They disappeared down the sidewalk.
I turned back to the school and all of my family arrived and slid into the car. I glanced at the empty spot where Bella once was and then got into the driver's seat and sped us all home.
When we got home I kissed Esme on the cheek and made my way to the front room which now held some furniture. Everyone followed me and sat down. Esme carried on cleaning in the kitchen. Carlisle was probably at the hospital.
I clasped my hands together and leaned on my knees. "There's definitely something up with Bella." I shot out straight away.
Alice's eyes flickered to me and a smug smile came on her face. I tried to get into her mind but the Chinese alphabet was all I found. I glared at her.
"Did you see those bruises on her arm at lunch?" Emmett asked.
We all nodded.
"And she always looks so sad…" Rosalie whispered; a hint of sadness in her eyes. She was the one I thought would snap at us to leave Bella alone but as I snuck into her thoughts they were filled with questions. She was trying to help Bella too.
"And she winces a lot." Alice added.
"She's severely underweight." Rosalie barked in.
We all turned to stare at her. "What?" we all said at the same time.
She stared at us like we were thick and showed me a picture of Bella in her mind. Bella was extremely thin. From what I could see of her hands they were tiny and her arms and legs were really thin. Her torso was so thin and you could see her ribs through her top.
How come we hadn't of noticed except Rosalie?
"How did you notice that?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper.
"I like to look at every inch of a person when I first meet them." Rosalie smiled, reaching up to brush her hair with her fingers.
I rolled my eyes and groaned in frustration. Something inside me was telling me something was wrong!
Esme came and dropped her form onto the couch. "Who is Bella?" her question was directed at me.
I rubbed my temple. "A girl in school…but it's hard to explain…I feel like there's something wrong…like she needs help or something."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, mom, you ought to have seen her….she's so…weak…" Emmett struggled for words.
Oh the poor thing, I hope she's okay, I don't know her but I really want to meet her. Maybe I could get to know her parents. Maybe I could help. Awe, it would be nice if Edward got close to her.
Esme's thoughts were overpowered by her motherly instincts. I couldn't blame her; I felt protective of Bella too. Maybe we could be friends with her and we could invite her over some day, get to know her more.
We talked about Bella until Carlisle came home. I went to talk to him about signs of anorexia. I knew one thing from just one day of knowing Bella; she was underweight.
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